hindsight

noun

hind·sight ˈhīn(d)-ˌsīt

: perception of the nature of an event after it has happened

In hindsight, it's clear there were alternatives.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Examples of hindsight in a Sentence

It's easy for us to say that the war was wrong, but we have the advantage of hindsight.

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The very idea of best practices is rooted in hindsight—lessons learned, mistakes fixed, and processes optimized based on what happened before. —

Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 In hindsight, 2017’s Monument Valley 2, an undeniably beautiful iteration of the era-defining original, didn’t push the envelope far enough. —

Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024 Apple’s iPhone 15 was made in India in partnership with long-term Taiwanese manufacturing partner Foxconn, which in hindsight now seems like the test run for the most recent iPhone 16 family. —

Andrew Williams, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024 In hindsight, the campaigns all divided the vote in ways that only benefited Trump. —

Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hindsight